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'~~/-"5ttdgt£ Offerheimer, Very deaf] 

Mr. Wickpick, » The defendant. 

Mr. Scallops, Lawyer for the defense 

Mr. Mix, Lawyer for the plaintiff' 

Mr. Sprout, V Court officer' 

Mr. Sperry, Prosecuting attorney' 

Mr. Baldwin Court clerk' 

Mr. Ananias, A wit nets' 

Sam Buttkrfield, " 

Silas Long 

Sambo, 4 ' 

Mrs. Bodwell The plaintiff. 

Bridget Murphy, A witness. 



TIME OF PLAYING- 45 minutes* 



COSTUMES. 

Judge Offerheimer. — German make-up; brown wig and chin 
whiskers, large spectacles, high cellar, yellow tie, brown or black 
suit. 

Mr. Wickpick. — Should be a large person, if possible, comes in 
the court-room in his shirt sleeves with handcuffs on, without hat 
or collar, gray side whiskers. 

Mr. Scallop.— Dark suit, gray beard and wig. 

Mr. Mix. — Very dressy auddudish, small mustache, hair banged, 
high collar, dark suit. 

Mr. Sprout. — Policeman's suit. 

Mr. Spkrry. — Business suit, full beard. 

Mr. Baldwin. — Gray bald wig, business suit. 

Mr. Ananias. — Dark suit, black wig and mustache. 

Sam Buttkrfield. — Cutaway coat, red tie, dark gloves, black wig. 

Silas Long. — Gray wig, full gray beard, straw hat, linen duster 
and red handkerchief tied around his neck. 

Sambo. — Negro wig, flashy suit, white cap. 

Mrs. Bodwull, — Black dress and heavy black veil. 

Bridget Murphy. — Red wig, straw hat, green ribbons and calico 
dress. 



STAGE DIR ECTIONS. 

r., means Right; l., Left; r. h., Right Hand ; l. h., Left Hand; 
c, Center; s. e., (2dE.) Second Entrance; u. e., Upper Entrance; 
M. d., Middle Door; f., the Flat; d. p., Door in Flat; r. c, Right 
of Center; l. c, Left of Center. 

R. R. C. C. L. C. L. 

*** The reader is supposed to be upon the stage facing the audience. 



Judge Offeriaeimer's First 

Case. 



SCENE. — Court-room — Judge seated up c. of stage behind a desk or table, 
on 'which are law books and documents — on the r. of the Judge are 
seated Mr. Wickpick, Mr. Scallops «wcJ Mk. Sprout — on the l. of 
Vie Judge are seated Mrs. Bodwell, Mr. Mix, Mr. Sperry and 
Mr. Baldwin— the witness chair l. of the Judge. 

Note.- — The witnesses may be seated upon the stage or come in 
when called — when addressing the court witness should rise. 

Sprout, (rising) Oh yez! Oh yez! the court of is open for 

business. 

Judge. Vat vas der first case in the court house? 

Buldioin. Bodwell and Wickpick. 

Judge. Bod veil on a picknic? 

Baldwin. Bodwell versus Wickpick. 

Judge. Oh! Bodvell's first picknic! Did he done someding on der 
picknic? 

Baldwin. No, your honor, it is Bodwell v. s. Wickpick. 

Judge. Oh! I see. I have got an impediment in my ears und I 
didn't don't hear very veil. Is V. S. Wickpick his full maiden name, 
or vas he a she or a human being, or not? 

Baldwin. Mr. Wickpick has been stealing the affections of Mrs. 
Bodwell. 

Judge. Oh! been stealing confectionary from Mrs. Bodvell? How 
much did he take? 

Baldwin. No, No! he has been alienating Mrs. Bodwell's love? 

Judge. Oh! eliminating her love? He fell in love mither und den 
fell oud again. Veil, how much is he going to charge her? 

Baldwin. She is the one that is prosecuting him. 

Judge. Oh! she vas prosecuting him ! dot's der color of another 
horse, Veil, vat does she vant done? Hang him or marry him, or 
vill money heal der elimination business? 

Baldwin. She brings a breach of promise suit. 

Judge. She brings some breeches, und promises him a suit. Veil, 
he ought to be satisfied. 

Baldwin. You don't understand. She sues him Tor ten thousand 
dollars and alimony. 

Judge. Ten dousand dollars und some amonia. How much 



Jt JUDGE OFFERHETMERS FIRST CASE. 

amonia does she vant, und vat does she vant mifc der amonia? 

Baldwin. Alimony, your honor! That means so mush money 
each week for her support. 

Judge. Vy I dink it vould be cheaper to get married. Veil, bring 
in der prisoner. {exit Sprout, k. e. 

Re-enter Sprout, r. e. with Wickpick, who is handcuffed, takes witness 

chair. 

Judge, {to Wickpick) Mr. Lamp wick, stood up. (Wickpick rises) 
It has been rumored aboud dot you have been gitting Mrs. Bodvell 
to love you so veil dot she vould rather have you give her ten 
dousand dollars und some alimony every week than to marry her. 
Could you show any reason vy you shouldn't be hung? Vas you 
guilty, or ain't guilty? 

Wickpick. Not guilty, your honor. 

Judge. All right, you vas discharged, but don't let me see yo» 
here again. 

Sperry. {rises quickly) What! your honor! do you discharge the 
prisoner without hearing the witnesses and listening to the evidence 
against him? 

Judge. Veil he says he ain't guilty, don't he. 

Sperry. 1 object! The idea of discharging a prisoner without 
hearing the witnesses on either side. I object to such a ruling — 1 
demand that the witnesses be heard. 

Judge. Va i t until I i n s u 1 1 de r book, {refers to law book) Yo u v as 
right. Mr. Lampwick, you vill have to sit down und vait a vile und 
hear vat your neighbors say about you. (Wickpick goes and takes 
chair r. of Judge— to Sprout) Bring in the first witness. 

{exit Sprout, r. e. 

Re-enter Sprout, r. e. with Ananias, ivho takes witness chair. 

Mr. Anninious, stood up. (Aninias rises) Vat have you got to say 
about it? 

Sperry. Your honor, you ought to swear the witness. 

Judge. I couldn't do dot, it vas against mine principle to swear 
at any von. 

Sperry. I mean, have him sworn. 

Judge. Oh! yaw, I see. Veil, you go out in der hall und swear at 
him. 

Sperry. I mean, have the court officer swear him. 

Judge. Oh! Officer, swear der witness. 

(Ananias holds up right hand 

Baldwin. You solemnly swear you will tell the whole truth and 
nothing but the truth. 

Ananias. I do. 

Judge. Der prosecuting attorney vill now haf der opportunity to 
criss cross der vitness mit cross examinations. 

Sperry. {to Ananias) Have you ever had the scarlet fever? 

Scallops, {jumps up) Most learned Judge, I object to the question. 

Judge, {yaioning) Vat vas dot you said? 

Scallops. I object most strenously. 

Judge. Vat — vat vas dot word? Ve don't vant no swearing here. 

Scallops. I object to the question of this witness having had the 



JUDGE OFFERHEIMERS FIRST CASE. 6 

scarlet fever. 

Judge. Good goodness, has he got der scarlet fever? 

Scallops. No sir! he has not got the scarlet fever, but he asked if 
he had ever had the scarlet fever, and sir! I claim that the question 
is not admissable. 

Judge. Let me insult der book und see if der question is miserable. 
(refers to law book) Ah! I find dot on page seven hundred und five 
dot der scarlet fever should not be brought in der court room. Noth- 
ing but pie und soda vater should be brought in. If you vas a doctor 
und vant to get some points on scarlet fever, dis vas no blace to got 
der inflamation about it. Go on mit der vitness. 

Sperry. Did you ever ride in the street stage? 

Judge. Dot is out of order. 

Sperry. Is that question out of order? 

Judge. No, der stage vas out of order? 

Sperry. Did you ever ride in the street stage? 

Ananias. No sir! 

Sperry. Why? 

Ananias. I had rather not answer that question. 

Sperry. Ah! most worthy Judge, the witness shuns the question 
of the— —street stage. 

Judge. He shuns der question, hey? Veil, perhaps he has some 
Stock in der company. Der vitness vill answer der question. ' 

Ananias. It makes my feet sore to ride, your honor. 

Sperry. Have you ever seen Mrs. Bod well or Mr. Wickpick? . 

Ananias. No sir! 

Sperry. I accuse the witness of perjury. 

Judge. Perjury — vot vas dot? 

Sperry. Of lying, your honor. 

Judge. Vat vas he been lying about? 

Sperry. He told me yesterday that he had seen both Mrs. Bodwell 
and Mr. Wickpick, and now he says he has not seen them. 

Judge. Veil probably he has changed his mind, perhaps he vas a 
poll tit ion und vas used to lying und couldn't help it. Say, (to 
Ananias) you look out und don't do any more lying. You vas ex- 
cused. (Ananias leaves witness chair — to Sprout) Bring out der next 
vitness. 

Baldwin, Mr. Butterfield is the next witness, (exit Sprout, k. b. 

Re-enter Sprout, ». I. with Butterfiet.d, who goes to witness chair then 

raises right hand. 

Mr. Butterfield^ do you swear to tell the truth and everything but 
the truth. 

Butterfield. Yes-yes-yes-sir. 

Judge. Vat is your name? 

Butter. S-S-S-Sam-uel 

Judge. Sam mule, hey? 

Butter. N-n-no, that's my-my first name. 

Judge. Vat vas your second name? 

Butter. B-B-B-B- 

Judge. Beebee. hey? 

Butter. B-B-But— But— 

Judge. But what? 

Butter. But-But-Butterfield, 



6 JUDGE OFFERHEIMERS FIRST CASE. 

Judge. Do you know anydings, Mr. Butterfly? 

Butter. N-n-no— sir! 

Judge. Do you know dis lady, Mrs. Bodvell? 

Baiter. Yes sir! I had an introduc-duc-duc-duction to her some 
time a-g-g-go. 

Judge. Do you know Mr. Pickpocket Pinkvink? 

Butter. Yes sir! lie gave me lessons in elocu-elocu-cu-cu-cutiou. 

Judge. How long vas your tongue been tied in a knot? 

Butter. It is n-n-not in a n-n-knot. 

Judge. Veil, Mr. Btitterfingers, vat do you do for a living? 

Butter. 1 e-e-eat. 

Judge. 1 vas astonished at dot. Do you do any vork? Vat do you 
live on? 

Butter. I live on k-k-k Crown street. 

Judge. Vat is your occupation ? 

Butter. I am a sk-sk-school-teacher. 

Judge. I am sorry for der children dot you deach if you vas a sk- 
sk-scliool deacher. Do you know anyding about Mr. Vickpick 
eliminating der affections of Mrs. Bodvell so she could get a divorce 
—1 mean a breach of promise suit against him so she could get som« 
money to get her vinter coal und new hat. 

Buttei'. I d-d-did— 

Judge. You did, hey! 

BuUer. I d-d-did don't know anything. 

Judqe. Vy don't you spit und speak oud. How many dimes did 
you ever see Mrs. Bodvell? 

Butter. One-one-once. 

Judge. Ven vas dot? 

Butter. To-day. 

Judge. You can go. {to Sprout) Bring oud der next vitness in. 

Baldwin. Mr. Sambo is the next witness. 

Butterfield leaves witness chair and takes a chair elsewhere on stage — ■ 

exit Sprout, r. e. 

Re-enter Sprout r. e., with Sambo, who takes witness chair and raises 

his right hand. 

You swear to tell the truth and also the truth? 

Sambo. I does. 

Judge. Vat vas your full signature? 

Sambo. What's dat, boss? I done can't understand you sah! 

Judge. Vat vas your cognoman ? 

Sambo. Dis nigger don't know what dat means for sure. 

Judge. Gire your full address to der court. 

Sambo. I nebber had no dress to court, nebber went courtin' in 
my life. 

Judge. Vat vas your name? 

Sambo. Why didn't you say dat befor'? My name is Sambo. 

Judge. Vat vas der rest of your name? 

Sambo. Nurtin' boss, nurnn' but just Sambo. 

Judge. Vas you alive last veek in July? 

Sambo. Golly! I spect I was, Judge. 

Judge. Vas you acquainted niit Mr. Pickpick? 

Sambo. Yes, sir! he borrowed fifty cents of me. 



JUDGE OFFERHEIMER'S FIRST CASE. 7 

Judge. Have you any antecestors? 

Sambo. No — no — I ain't got no aunt Cestor, but Is'e got an aunt 
Liza — aunt Liza, boss. " . 

Judge. Vas any of your relations dot are alive, living? 

Sambo. De only one Is'e got livin' is de one dat died las' week. 
Sbe was my neighbor- in-law on my mother's side. She was de 
second cousin of my wife's niece. 

Judge. Vas you ever caught stealing chickens? 

Sambo. What's dat? 

Judge. Yas you ever caught stealing chickens? 

Sa?nbo. Is I gettin' tried here, or is I a witness? 

Scallops. I object to the question, your honor. 

Sambo. Dat's right, boss, object hard. I don't want no chicken 
business brought in on me. 

Judge. Do you know der plaintiff? 

Sa7)ibo. Is it a male or a female? 

Judge. It vas a shemale— Mrs. Bodvell. 

Sambo. Oh, yes! I used to cook in her family. 

Judge. Do you remember von day last July — 

Sambo, (interrupting) Yes, sah ! 

Judge. Vait till L ask you someding. Do you vas remember von 
day last July during a dunderstorm dot Mr. Pickenvick vas at Mrs. 
Bodvell 's house? 

Sambo. Yes, sah! 

Judge. Yat vas he doing dere? 

Sambo. Shoveling snow off de sidewalk, boss. 

Judge. Did you seeanyding pass between dem dot vould lead you 
to dink dot he vas in love mit her? 

Sambo. Yes, sh.Ii! 

Judge. Yat vas it? 

Sambo. She only gib him ten cents for de job. 

Judge. Yas she in der same room dot he vas? 

Sambo. Yes, sah! 

Judge. Did she sit in der same chair dot he did? 

Sam/)0. Yes, sah ! 

Judge. At der same dime? 

Sambo. No sah ! on different days sah! (laughs) ha! hal 

Judge. Is dot. all. you know about dis case? 

Sambo. No sah ! 

Judge. Yat else do you know ? 

S(tmbo. Nnffin', boss, nuffin', sah! 

Judge. Yell you could go. 

Sambo. Thank you sah! thank you. (takes chair elsewhere on stage 

Judge. Der Clerk of der court house vill swore der next vit'dess. 

Baldwin. JMr. Silas Long is the next witness, (exit Spkout k. e. 

Re-enter Spkout, r. e. with Silas Long, who takes witness chair. 

Baldwin. Hold up your right hand. 

Long. I am left handed. (holds up left hand 

Baldwin. Yon promise to tell everything but the whole truth? 
Long. I was agoin' to anyhow. You will have too speak loud fer 
my hearing ain't what it used ter be. 
Judge, (loud) Yell, ho < Long have you known dis lady? 
Long, (loud) What's that? Yes— yes, my name is Long, Silas 



8 JUDGE OFFERHEIMER'S FIRST CASE. 

Long. 

Judge, (very loud) How long have yon known dis lady? 

Long. How long is this lady? Wall, abeout five feet, five inches, 
I recon — not any longer. 

Judge, (yelling) How long vas you been knowin' her? 

Long. Oh! abeout ten months and ten days. 

Judge. Do you know anyding aboud dis case? 

Long. Do L know Mr. Case? Oh! yes, I know Mr. Case. You 
mean Mr. Case? He and 1 wuz in jail together — I mean we went to 
skewl together. 

Judge. Do you know anydings about Mrs. Bodvell's case against 
Mr. Pickvick's case? 

Long. Some — Jedge — some. 

Judge. Do you vas believe in capital bunishment? 

Long. In some cases, Jedge. 

Judge. In vat case vould you vouldn't bave der belief? 

Long. If I wuz sentenced to be hung myself, Jedge. 

Judge. Do you vas know Mr. Vickpikidy? 

Long. I do, Jedge, your honor. 

Judge. Vat is der color of his hair? 

Long. Red. 

Judge. Face? 

Long. Red. 

Judge. Hands? 

Long. Red. 

Judge. Character? 

Long. Red— dark blue. Oh— character— black— Jedge. 

Judge. How does he dress? 

Long. Puts on his shirt and then his pants. 

Judge. I mean vat kind of clothes does he vear? 

Long. His own clothes. 

Judge. Did Mr. Vickpick visit Mrs. Bodvell von dime in July ot 
dat year? 

Long. To the best recollection of My memory, Jedge, lie did. 

Judge. How conld you brove it? 

Long. 1 saw tracks in the snow. 

Judge. Vat did der dracks look like? 

Long. Mule tracks. 

Judge. How did you know dot dey vas his dracks? 

Long. He wuz bow legged and walks jigjag. 

Judge. How long vas der dracks in length? 

Long. Twenty-four inches long. 

Judge. Vy don't you say dwo feet long? 

Long. Because that wuz the measure of One foot. 

Judge. Did der dracks lead to his house? 

Long. They did, Jedge. 

Judge. Did you saw any dracks coming avay from her house? 

Long. No, the tracks wuz there when 1 left— none came away. 

Judge. Vat vas you doing dere? 

Long. I sold 'em a load of wood. 

Judge. Vat recollections have you of der case? 

Long. Wall .ledge, my recollection is that neither of the blamea 

critters paid me fur the wood. 

Judge. Is dot all you know? 



JUDGE OFFERHEIMER'S FIRST CASE. B 

Long. By gum! that's enough! 

Judge. You could go. Ber Clerk vill swear a little at der next 
vitness. 

Baldwin. Bridget Murphy is the next to be sworn. 

(exit Sprout r. b. 

Re-enter Sprout r. e., with Bridget Murphy, who takes icUh ess chair 

and raises right hand. 

Baldwin. You promise on your word of honor to tell all you know 
about tli is case? 

Bridget. Faith, I do thin. 

Judge. Vhat is your name? 

Bridget. Bridget Murphy. 

Judge. How old is your ages? 

Bridget. Shure that's a delicate question to be askin' a lady. 

Judge. How old vas you? 

Bridget. Twenty foive years and nointeen months old. 

Judge. Vas you married? 

Bridget. 1 am — thin — 

Judge. First or second husband? 

Bridget. The fourth, your honor! Shure I have lost (crying) three 
of the foinest men that ever lived. 

Judge. Vat did your first husband die mit? 

Bridget. He died wid me sister Mary, she waz the only one wid 
him whin he died. 

Judge. Vat disease dook him off? 

Bridget. It waz the undertaker took him off? 

Judge. Vat disease did he died mit? 

Bridget. It waz either the brain fever or the delirium trimbles— I 
forgit which. Me second husband died wid the spinal menjerious, 
and me third husband didn't die at all, but waz kilt, and me fourth 
husband is still livin', bad luck to him. L couldn't stand him and 
he got a divorce from me. 

Judge. Have you got any childrens? 

Bridget. I have foive. 

Judqe. Boy s o r girls? 

Bridget. Half b'ys aud half girls. 

Judge. Vas you remember von day last July dot Mrs. Board veil 
entertained Mr Brickvick und Mr. Brickvick vas holding Mrs. 
Boardvell in his arms? 

Bridget. Oh! muslin., is it a scandal you are trying to start? 
What day in July waz it? 

Judge, per thirty-fifth. 

Bridget. Let me see, that must have bin the lasht of the month, 
very near August. The twenty-seventh I wint to Tim Finnigan's 
wake. The twenty-eighth I wint to his funeral. The twenty-ninth 
I wint to see me Moike, who waz in jail, and the next four days I 
waz out of town, and whin I came back 1 wint to see Mrs. Bodwell 
Yes, Judge. 1 remember very indistinctly it waz in July. 

Judge. Did you saw Mr. Vickpick hugging Mrs. Bodveil ? 

Bridget. Shure [ don't (pike to be gjyin away private sacrets, biu 
I niver in all meloifesaw anyone git such a huggin' as Mrs. Bodwell 
got thot day. Ye see I waz jist oomin' from Mr. Gilligau's, where 
they had a terrible accident. Mr. Gilligau's goat-billie kicked Mr, 



10 JUDGE OFFERREIMERS FIRST CASE. 

Gill igan's boy, Tiddy, in the stumick and give him an awful cramp, 
and lwaz after go'mt down to Gilligan's to take them some lumbago 
liniment fur the boy. Well, as 1 waz comin' up Mrs. Bodwell's back 
stoop I heard a soft cooing like two doves. Oh! such a cooing and 
a Cooin»- I niver heard- since me second husband used to come to see 
me of a" Wednesday night. Says I to meself, it's not loike the loikes 
of me to be intrudin" on such a scene as thot, but I pushed the door 
just a little bit and the door flew open and L couldn't help seeing, 
for oi'm not blind. Ah! it waz a lovely sight. 

Judge. Did Mrs. Bodvell appear to be enjoying der embrace, or 
vas she angry? 

Bridget. Well, Judge, did ye iver see a girl thot waz angry whin 
she waz being hugged? ,',' .'/ 

Judge. Should you judge from appearance dot a feeling of friend- 
ship existed between them? 

Bridget. Judge, did ye iver have a girl? 

Judge. Silence— answer me dot? 

Bridget. Yes, Judge— much friendship. He drew her up close to 
him and — and — 

Judge. Veil, vat? 

Bridget. He asked her what time it waz. 

Judge. Whew! Is dot all you know? 

Bridget. Yes, your honor. 

Judge. Yell, you could go. 

Bridget. Do I get any witness fee, Judge? 

Judge. Some odder day. Ve vill now listen vile de liar (lawyer) 
for der Plaintiff speaks his argument. 

Mr. Mix. {risen) Gentlemen! you who have sisters and mothers, 
think of this poor woman's feelings, how they have been shocked — 
how she has been imposed upon. A poor lone woman, nobody in the 
wide — wide world to care for her. Her respect for men has received 
a severe shock. Her love so tender, so confiding, so trustful, has 
been trifled with. Think of the deception of this wretch. Think of 
the subtle manner in which he has won the love of this innocent 
young heart, but to trample it under his feet. How he has lured her 
on to love him— little by little, step by step, breathing tender words 
in her ear, looking loving looks in her eyes, saying those nonsensical 
nothings that, in some mysterious manner, draw two human hearts 
together. She has ignored other company that she might be with 
him and enjoy his society and eat ice cream that he paid for. She 
has been faithful to him, eating his candy with true heroism. And 
to think, gentlemen, that he would cast her aside, ought to bring 
tears to your eyes. Think if she were your daughter, how would 
you feel if her love was unreciprocated? Money is a poor substitute 
for a broken heart. 

Judge. Afder I listen to dot speech so elegant und full of lies — I 
mean, full of oritoricaluess, I feel dot Mr. Vinkblink vas a brute, 
to speak blain, he vas a scoundrel in der deepest died, und I vill give 
him der full limit of der law-book. Mr. Vinkinbrinkiu stood up. 
(Wickpick rises) I find dot according to vat I have made up my 
mind to think dot you have been guilty mit malice aforethought of 
dis dot you have done aboud it. Und as a yarning to der vone now 
in jail und also tohelpoud der lawyers, I agree dotyouvould be given 
ninety-uine years in jail, mitout der costs, und if you live dot long, 



JUDGE OFFERHEIMER'S FIRST CASE. 11 

I vill make it dwenty years more longer. 

Scallops, (rises) Your honor, I should like to be heard before you 
pass sentence upon the prisoner. 

Judge. Very veil, you could dalk avile. I vill mithold der sentence. 

Scallops. Gentlemen! would you in the face of the evidence given 
at this time, decide this case against Mr. Wickpick, who for thirty 
longyears and five short mouths has enjoyed an unsullied reputation 
equal to any convict in jail. Would you see this large sum of money 
taken from this man who has but two dollars to his name. Who 
even at this moment is wearing his brothers coat and vest, and who 
owes a large board bill in— — city. Think for one moment of the 
result if you should decide him guilty. Think of the large sum of 
money he would have to pay, and the poor chance you would have 
in getting it. How, oh how! could he ever save this sum of money 
on a salary of seven dollars a week? Oh! gentlemen, think! think! 
think! put yourselves in his place! How would you like to live on 
bread and dry water for eighteen long years, while you were saving 
this sum of money. Think of Mr. Wickpick's portly form shriuking 
away by degrees till lie weighs but one hundred pounds. Imagine 
the way in which his clothes would fit him. Instead of the portly, 
good natured, rosy cheeked, smiling, happy-go-lucky Wickpick, we 
would have a man among us who would look like — like a scarecrow 
struck by a cyclone. Surely this would be cruelty to animals. 1 see 
among you too many intelligent men to have this case decided 
against him. I appeal to your intelligence, not to your sympathy, 
1 ask not for leniency, but justice. This is a scheme of blackmail, 
a deep laid plot to ruin the fair reputation of Mr. Wickpick. 

Scallops passes a new one dollar bill slyly to the J udgk, then takes his 

seat. 

Judge. Gentlemen! ven I hear der remarks of der liar for der der- 
fence dot I have heard, I dink I vill change der ruling of der court 
dot I have ruled about Mr. Wickwick being guilty of his guilt. 
Und I dink dot he is now sorry dot he — dot he — vas caught. A new 
bill has been introduced in der court (di/ly s7iow.s the bill) dot makes it 
possible for der Judge to show leniency to der prisoner und der larger 
der bill der more leniency vill be given out und I vill render a verdict 
of an alibi und habus couppus of der prisoner whoever he is, und I 
do, und do hereby declare both prisoners innocent of being guilty 
of any false intention as set forth in der amendment, und I declare 
a recess of two years indefinately. (hits desk with a mallet 

CURTAIN. 

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"Mother Goose's Melodies" — Susan's experience in the stage coach. 
"Only twenty-four, brother." — Christopher Columbus! where am I 
going?" — "I see you, Frankie." — Susan's opinion of Jane. — Polly — 
Amusing love scene between Susan and Frank Westfield — his aston- 
ishment and terror, as she faints in his arms. — Tableau. 

Act II.— Susan's explanation. — "Slang Debolishers Union" — 
"You'd better begin at home ! " — A widower — "Good land! if I 
could not get something better than a widower, I wouldn't feel fit to 
soar to the land of milk and honey !" — Sam Sly, Polly's lover, who 
is a widower. — "If he does not propose, I will!" — Susan and Sam 
Sly. — Love scene between Polly and Sly, which Susan discovers. 
Her anger, and fall.— Susan and Sly loose their wigs. 

Act III. — Joshua Pratt. — Susan's fear of men. — "Help! help!" 
Discovers Joshua — Ridiculous love scene between Susan and Joshua. 
"There's nothing half so sweet in life, as love's young dream. "-Rats. 
"Helpl thieves!" — "It might run up my leg!" — The rescue- 
Susan announces her engagement and determination to go home and 
get married. — The departure. 

Act IV.— Home of Susan Tabitha — Sallie — Discovery of Joshua's 
poverty— Susan's anger and disappointment— "Can we get up?"-Susan 
cuffs Joshua's ears — Dinner — "Can we eat dinner?" — Susan relates 
her experience to Sallie — Telegram— Arrival and cool reception of 
Charles Westfield and wife— Joshua sleeps — Susan knocks over his 
chair, pulls his hair—A bank check— Susan's promise.— Happy 
ending, 






The Coast of Maine. 



A Roman tie Stele-drama in 3 acts, by F. P. Minnelli, for 6 male 

and 2 female characters. Time of performance 1 hour 

and 35 minutes. 

— ■ ■ — . 

STliOPSIS OF EVENTS. 

ACT I.— Home of Squire Gray— Squire and Madge— Paul a smug- 
gler— Bess— "Here lam, dad"— "Share I never did like brass but- 
tons anyway" — Major Smart on important business — "Prevent him 
if possible from following a course that will lead to ruin" — Bess and 
Terry — "Ye'll not be able to resist the toe of his boot" — Carew — 
"What a night for the wreckers" — The plot to ruin Paul — "Con- 
vince the villagers and a rope will do the rest" — Rodrick proposes 
to Madge and is rejected — Threats — Coward — The Polly sighted — 
Paul returned and accused of being a wrecker — "Take it back I say, 
or 1 will choke that lie down your cowardly throat" — The proof — 
"I will never darken your door again until you retract those cruel 
words" — Major Smart refuses to do his duty — Paul leaves home. 

ACT II. — Home of Squire Gray — "Yes, daughter, I am convinced 
that Rodrick is at the bottom of all our troubles" — Bess — "Why, I 
was scaring old speckle on the nest so that she would lay an egg for 
your supper" — Terry makes love to Bess— "Rip me trousers, dash 
me main boom, as a sailor I am a bloomin' success" — Carew, the 
wrecker — "Luck for the wrecker boys and death to the sailors" — 
— More treachery — Bess overhears Rodrick and Carew plotting to 
blow up the old mill— Paul returns in time to prevent a wreck and 
confronts Rodrick — The quarrel — A proposition — Paul, the winner 
— Now shoot— "All is lost, the Revenue Officers are here" — "A word 
to the wise is sufficient" — The explosion — "Stay right where you 
are." 

ACT III. — Home of Squire Gray — "No lass, until Paul proves his 
innocence, he cannot return"— The mortgage — "We have met the 
enemy and they are ours" — Good news of Paul — Squire tells a story 
— Rodrick threatens foreclosure on mortgage, unless Madge becomes 
his wife — A little misunderstanding— <4 l wonder if he means the 
whale in her head" — Remorse — Madge and Paul — "Not another 
step, or I'll tear you limb from limb" — Terry holds the best hand — 
Rodrick confronted by Carew — "The game is up" — "'Twas he whc 
lighted the false beacon" — "Curse you" — Paul proven innocent — 
"Aye, lad, take her and may God in all his goodness watch over 
and protect you" — The end. Price, 15cts. 

_A_ Happy Pair. 

A Comedietta in 1 act, by S. Theyer Smith, for I male and 1 
female character — both light comedy. Scene, a nicely furnished 
room. Costumes modern. A brisk little play, full of action and 
giving numerous opportunities for clever work. While entirely free 
from all "low comedy" business, it contains enough humor to be 
highly diverting. Time of playing, 30 minutes. Price, 1 Sets, 



An Up-to-date Play, Entitled: 



THE STRIKE; 

-OR- 

Under the Shadow of a Crime. 



A Drama in 5 acts, by William Ward Buss, for 7 male and 4 female 
characters. Time of performance, 2 hours. 



SYNOPSIS OF EVENTS. 

ACT I.— Office of Col. Dodson — The false certificate — "I know no 
frieudship which interferes with my ambition" — Scheming for a 
fortune — "You are an old fool" — "Once he is out of the way, all is 
clear" — Father an'd son talk over an old crime — "He may yet be able 
to clear his father's name"--Chip of the old block — Louis forces his 
father to accept his terms — Drakes and Louis — "I'll touch him for 
a dime" — An old sweetheart — The secret is known — Certificate 417 
-^-"1 knew he was innocent, the other is a forgery." 

ACT II. — Robert Belknap's home — Shops shut down — Discharged 
— "My father's name shall be cleared" — "He has made me a social 
outcast" — The strike — "I must meet with the men" — "The Col. 
shall hear of this" — "I cannot be your wife while under the shadow 
of a crime" — "Fred will stand in my place, if not a brother, as a 
husband.'* 

ACT III. — The park by night — "This strike suits my purpose" — 
The conspiracy — "See that he is drugged" — Louis and Drake plan 
murder of Bettie — The meeting — "I scorn and despise you"— "Help!" 
— Kidnapped — The lover's meeting place — The engagement broken 
— The bomb — "May the holy saints protect me" — Louis accidentally 
shoots his father— "I must conceal my part in this affair" — Robert 
accused of murder. 

ACT IV. — Col. Dodson's grounds — Father and daughter — The 
letter — The strike is ended — Carrie informs Ariel that Louis Steven- 
son is Robert's enemy — "I have been deceived, my promise has been 
wrung from me through false representations" — The Col. overhears 
Carrie and Ariel — "Begone, these are my grounds" — "You would 
strike a woman." 

ACT V. — The prison — This is for the faithful descharge of my 
duty — Brother and sister — Meeting of Robert and Ariel — "They 
made me believe you guilty — "Spare your daughter" — "Father, this 
is the first time 1 have disobeyed you" — "I have already chosen, 
once more 1 say, go!" — The arrest of Louis — The witness — Charged 
with murder — "Faith, and wasn't Oi an eye witness to the shoot- 
ing?" — I have played my last card and lost — Robert cleared — A 
happy ending. 

Pricey 15 cents. • 



^•A Tip on Wheat 4* 



A comedy in 2 acts, by Howard Amesbury, for S malt and 3 female char- 
acter*. Costumes modern. Time of performance 80 minute*. 



BYN0P8I8 OV EVENTS. 

ACT I. — Home of Richard Burke — "The sweetest vofoe T ever 
heard" — A case of mistaken identity in which Norman Wade is 
hired as the new valet — Irene — Mr. Wade keeps the position — "Don't 
get mad or excited over anything you may see or hear"— "Young 
man I don't believe you will last long here" — Norman sees a sight 
and looses his temper — Mark Randall, who wants Mr. Burke to bet 
on wheat, — A sure tip — The check for $200,000 — Irene discovers 
that Randall is trying to ruin her father and pits herself against 
the villian — Norman jealous — The big booby — Irene plots to save her 
father and secures the check to play herself — "Play to win." 

ACT 11. — Home of Richard Burke — Randall is the bearer of bad 
news — "Then I'm ruined" — "Well Dick, a fool and his money are 
soon parted" — Richard confesses to his wife — Irene tells of the plot 
and her share in it — "I didn't play it" — "It is a lesson I shall never 
forget" — Betrothal of Norman and Irene — "Have a cigar, and by 
having a "Tip on Wheat" we will prove it to the world that we have 
money to burn." Price loots. 



That Black Cat. 

A fare* in 1 act, by Bert C. Rawley,for € male and £ female character*. 
Costumes modern. Time of performance 45 minute*. 



SYNOPSIS OF EVSNTS. 

Home of Philander Popp— Family trouble — Black cats bring good 
luck— Hans — Bad luck — "I'll kill that cat" — Amanda and Ezra— 
"She's my wife" — "L'm hispa-in-law I 'spose" — "He acts worse than 
the cow did when the calf died"— O. B, Queer, the tramp r-The cat 
brings more bad lack— Amanda makes up her mind to go home — 
Popp and the cat hairs Good news— Popp falls heir to a fortune — 
The black cat finds favor and a home with Popp— Family troubles 
all smoothed over— "He is a lucky brute, I'll attend to the darling 
pussy. Pri ce Moti. 



JUL 10 1 

Under the America n Flag. 

A Spanish American Drama in 4 acts, by Hilton Goon, for 6 male and S 
female characters. Time of playing, £ hours and 15 minutes. 



SYNOPSIS OF EVENTS. 

ACT I. — Home of General Romero F. Nerverra, Manilla — A prison- 
er of war. 

ACT II. — Ramparts of the Fort de Santiago — The escape. 

ACT III. — The same — The bombardment of Manilla. 

ACT IV.— : The land of the free — Patrick O'Roogan's home nea r 
Fort Hamilton, Cal. — Two weeks later. Price, 25cts. 

WHO'S WHO; OR ALL IN A FOG- 

A farce in one act, by Thomas J. Williams, for 3 male and 2 
female characters. Costumes modern. Time for representation, 
40 minutes. The series of amusing situations are brought about by 
a number of cases of mistaken identity. Everybody is mistaken for 
everybody else, and the complications arising are extremely laugha- 
ble. The characters are all capital, and the piece never fails to 
divert an audience. Price, 15cts. 

POPPING THE QUESTION. 

A farce in 1 act, by J. B. Buckstone, as played at the Park 
Theatre, N. Y., for 2 male and 4 female characters. Time of play- 
ing, 40 minutes. The entanglements in which au amorous, elderly 
gentleman finds himself because of his roundabout way of "popping 
the question," are deliciously funny, while the culminating scene 
between himself and the two old maids is one of the most comical 
things ever witnessed. Easy to play, and always brings down the 
house. Requires no scenery. Price, 15cts. 

A NEW TEMPERANCE FARCE, ENTITLED 

"Switched Off," 

BY LIZZIE MAY ELWYN. 

Author of "Dot, the Miner's Daughter," for 8 female characters, 
can double to 6. Parlor scene. Time of playing, 25 minutes. Mrs. 
Marsh advocates the moderate use of liquor — her daughter returning 
home from school, hears of her mother's views, and with some girl 
friends, decide to switch her off the whiskey track, with the aid of 
two Irish servants. They show up the moderate use of liquor in a 
way tha't soon convinces Mrs. Marsh, that to abolish it entirely, is 
the only safe way. Grandmother Taylor, a strong temperance woman, 
speaks her mind freely. The result is that all sign the temperance 
pledg*. A tip top farce — full of fun — characters all good. 

Price, 15cts. 



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Out in the Streets 6 4 

Rescued. 5 3 

Saved 2 3 

Turn of the Tide 7 4 

Three Glasses a Day 3 3 

Ten Nights in a Bar-Room 7 3 

Wrecked 9 3 

COMEDIES. 

An Afflicted Family. 7 5 

Biter Bit, The. 5 2 

Bird Family 8 5 

Caught in the Act 7 3 

Captured 5 4 

Caste 5 3 

Case of Jealousy 4 2 

Cigarette, The 4 , 2 

Farmer Larkin's Boarders. 5 4 

Girl from the Midway, The.. 3 2 

Heroic Dutchman of '76 8 3 

Home 5 3 

In a Spider's Web 8 5 

Joshua Blodgett. 25c 7 2 

Johanes Blatz's Mistake 4 3 

Love's Labor Not Lost 3 3 

London Assurance 9 3 

Miss Blothingay's Blunder. 3 3 

Miss Topsy Turvy 4 4 

Muldoon's Blunders., 25c... 5 3 

New Years in N. Y 7 6 

Not So Bad After All 6 5 

Our Boys 6 4 

Our Daughters 8 6 

Our Summer Boarder's 6 3 

Pug and the Baby 5 3 

Passions 9 4 

Prof. James' Experience 

Teaching Country School... 4 3 

Rags and Bottles. 4 1 

Scale With Sharps and 

Flats 3 2 

Servants vs. Master 6 2 

Slight Mistake 5 

Solon Shingle. 14 2 

Stub, 25c 8 8 

Two Bad Boys 7 3 

Three Hats, The 4 3 

$2,000 Reward 2 

Valet's Mistake 5 4 

Winning Hand, The 6 2 

Widow McGinty, The. 5 4 

TRAGEDIES. 

16 The Serf 6 3 

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Aunt Charlotte's Maid 3 3 

All in a Muddle 3 3 

Andy Freckles 4 3 

Actor's Scheme, The.. 4 4 

Awful Carpet Bag, That 3 3 

Betsey Baker 2 2 

Black vs. White 4 2 

Bridget Branigaus' Trou- 
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Box and Cox 2 1 

Badly Mixed 2 2 

Colonel's Mishap 5 

Cousin Josiah 1 1 

Cupids Capers 4 4 

Cleveland's Recept'n Party 5 3 

Day in a Doctors Office 5 1 

Deacon Jones' Wife's Ghost 4 

Double Election 9 1 

Dutchy vs. Nigger 3 

Dutchman's Picnic, The 3 

Dutch Prize Fighter 3 

Dr. Baxter's Servants 4 

Everybody Astonished 4 

Fooling t with the Wrong 

Man 2 1 

Freezing a Mother-in-Law. 3 2 

Fun in a Post Office 4 2 

Family Jars 5 2 

Goose with the Golden 

Eggs 5 3 

Hallabahoola, the Medicine 

Man.. 4 3 

Hans Brummel's Cafe 5 

Hash 4 2 

How He Popped the Ques- 
tion 1 1 

How to Tame Your Mother- 
in-Law i 4 2 

Hotel Healthy 4 3 

Haunted Hat, The 2 

Irish Squire of Squash 

Ridge 4 2 

In the Wrong Clothes 5 3 

Jacob ShlafP s Mistake 3 2 

Jimmie Jones 3 2 

John Smith 5 3 

Jumbo Jum 4 3 

Judge by Proxy 5 2 

Kiss in the Dark 2 3 

Kitty and Patsy 1 1 

Katie's Deception 4 2 

Lauderbach's Little Sur- 
prise 2 1 

Locked in a Dress-maker's 

Room. '. 3 2 

Lodgings for Two 3 

Love in all Corners. 5 3 

Landlord's Revenge, The... 3 

Matrimonial Bliss 1 1 

Match for a Mother-in-Law 3 2 
More Blunders than One.... 4 3 

Mother's Fool 6 1 

My Precious Betsey 4 4 

My Turn Next 4 3 

My Wife's Relations 4 6 

My Neighbor's Wife, 3 3 

Matchmaking Father 2 2 

Mike Donovan's Courtship. 1 3 

Mystic Charm, The 4 

My Mother-in-Law 2 4 

Mashers Mashed, The 5 2 

Nanka's Leap Year Ven- 
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Nobody's Moke » * 

Nip and Tuck 3 1 

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Our Hotel 5 

Olivet 3 

Our Family Umbrella 4 

Obstinate Family, The 3 

Paddy Miles' Boy 5 

Patent Washing Machine..., 4 

Persecuted Dutchman 6 

Professional Gardener 4 

Poor Pilicody. 2 

Pat McFree 7 

Popping the Question 2 4 

Printer and His Devils ,The 3 1 

Quiet Family 4 4 

RegularFix 6 4 

Ripples 2 

Rough Diamond 6 3 

Room 44 2 

Rascal Pat, That 3 2 

Ruben Rube. 2 1 

Sham Professor, The 4 

Spellin' Skewl, The 7 6 

Santa Claus' Daughter 5 7 

SewingCircle of Period 5 

S. H. A. M. Pinafore 5 3 

Somebody's Nobody 3 2 

Strictlv Temperance 2 2 

Stage Struck Yankee 4 2 

Struck by Lightning 2 2 

Slick and Skinner 5 

Slasher and Crasher 5 2 

Stupid Cupid 4 

Snow Ball 3 2 

Signing an Actor 1 1 

Switched Off 8 

Too Many Cousins 3 3 

Two Gentlemen in a Fix 2 

Taking the Census 1 1 

Turn Him Out 3 2 

Thirty-three Next Birthday 4 2 

Tim Flannigan 5 

Trials of a Country Editor. 6 2 

Texan Mother-in-Law 4 2 

Two Aunt Emilys. 8 

110,000 Wager 4 2 

Uncle Ethan 4 3 

Unjust Justice 6 2 

Vermont Wool Dealer 6 2 

Wonderful Telephone 3 1 

Which is Which? 3 3 

Wanted a Husband. 2 1 

Wooing Under Difficulties. 4 3 

Which will he Marry?.. 2 8 

Widower's Trials 4 5 

Waking Him Up. 12 

Why They Joined the Re- 
beccas 4 

Who's Who? 3 2 

Winning a Wife 2 1 

Yankee Duelist 3 1 

Yankee Peddler 7 3 

Yacob's Hotel Experience. 3 

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Black Shoemaker 4 2 

Black Statue 4 2 



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Colored Senators 

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Crimps Trip 5 

Gittin' 'Sperience in a Doc- 
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Haunted House 2 

Handy Andy f -0 

Hypochondriac The & 

Intelligence Office, The 3 

In For It 3 1 

Jake and Snow * 

Mischievous Nigger 4 , 

Midnight Colic 

Musical Darkey 2 

Not as Deaf as He Seems... 2 

Nobody's Son 2 

Old Clothes 3 

Old Dad's Cabin 2 2 

Othello 5 

Pomp Green's Snakes 2 ' 

Pomp's Pranks 2 

Prof Bones' Latest Inven- 
tion j> X 

Quarrelsome Servants A 

School % 

Seeing Bosting * 

Sham Doctor.. J 

Sports on a Lark- 
Stage Struck Darkey * I 

Strawberry Shortcake 2 

Select School, The 5 

Those Awful Boys 5 < 

Ticket Taker 5 

Vice Versa 

Villkens and Dinah 

Virginia Mummy 6 1 

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